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It merely reflects the light of the sun, like a huge mirror hung in the sky.

Sometimes, it seems as though civilian drivers merely failed to get off the road fast enough.

But younger children are often merely trying to figure out a definition of the term.

Creating a synthetic ETF does not eliminate this illiquidity risk, but merely transforms it into a bet on the creditworthiness of a bank.

I do not want to put down to my account either nostalgia or bitterness, and I merely want to see clearly.

He had seen a mad woman in Battle Square, but she had merely clutched a bundle of rags and rocked herself to and fro, keening like a gull.

She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.

Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night.

But it may be a mistake to think of Mr Clegg merely as a force for realigning Britain's existing party landscape.

Although he merely managed sixth in Athens, he's not one to let pressure rattle him in this supremely mental sport.

In his time, the reform carried out in Europe was being copied, but in many respects this copy was merely superficially reformative.

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life.

and it may be that she was merely bored with her husband and went to Strickland out of a callous curiosity.

The argument that labor should receive enough to buy back the product is merely a special form of the general "purchasing-power" argument.

The infinite would thus seem to be merely neutralized by the finite, the subjective by the objective, thought by being.

He wasn't uncle to any of us; he was merely married to a distant relative of our parents' generation.

The calls, they added, were merely a courtesy, offering to answer any questions that customers of the company might have.

College is just not the best choice for every person, and to say that it is merely sets students up for wasting four years of their lives.

The man merely looked at him in irritation and motioned him to remain silent.

At first I wondered if it was true. Wasn't the management merely trying to keep people calm?

Once upon a time there was a convenient-seeking fisherman and his woven net was merely as big as a table.

He had a month, two at most, he said, and merely asked me to save my strength for the golf course.

The seneschal had wondered about that hasty decision, but the old man had merely smiled and said, "No different than I did with you. "

The hireling, who may watch over the flock merely for a day's wage, is not expected to be so devoted.

It seemed to be merely an ordinary farmyard, with one big red lantern hanging on each side of the door.

But that would not be a solution if it merely lead to indefinite financing of fundamentally uncompetitive economies.

Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.

There is so much to look forward to, that the changes should be seen as merely stepping stones that take you to your promised land.

One of them has the grace to look quite uncomfortable and sorry; the other is merely bored, as if he wants this unpleasant part over with.

But he did not turn in to see her, he merely gave an order that the horse should be given to Voytov if he came while he was away.

Gone, too, must be the assumption that governments should merely get out of the way of markets.

In fact, they were all merely fronts for the dark minions and their Anunnaki overlords.

Much of this lost output is likely to be merely deferred, as those taking their holiday next week make up the lost time later in the year.

Was it a craving to be thought distinguished, a dread of being dull, or merely an effect of overfeeding?

In some special situation, international law is often applied with domestic law to remedy of applying domestic merely.

He used a biblical metaphor: you only need one King David, and an army of soldiers who merely had to be able to carry out orders.

We should hesitate to admit this if it were merely a question of humdrum dwellers on this corner of the universe called Earth.

You're merely throwing something against the wall to see if it sticks.

Whether you think that this view is simply great secret or merely mediocre, you need this book!

If the artist merely the study of history, we can not be a real breakthrough in terms of the surface deep into the question of which to the.

The 192 nations gathered at the Copenhagen climate meeting did not formally adopt the accord, but merely voted to "take note" of it.

Merely to be alone, not to be beaten or questioned, to have enough to eat, and to be clean all over, was completely satisfying.

He would be a short-sighted commander who (if he)merely manned his fortress and did not look beyond.

Mankind was no longer the culmination of life but merely part of it; creation was mechanistic and purposeless.

The innocent user is merely trying to rename his document, and he finds himself lost in operating system arcana.

Mr GO reminds me that this tasting was merely the northern half of his collection. I'm already looking forward to the southern half.

As we pray, are we praying out of a deep sense of need? Or are we merely wanting someone else to see how well we can pray?

You did not properly speaking do the deed: you merely woke up in the morning and found that the sheets were wringing wet.

In all departments, the trick is to work with what you know for a fact, not what you merely suppose.

instead, it had merely relied on its status as a responsible environmentalist organization.

"He was not merely the greatest financial fraudster of the century, " he writes. "He was a builder, as well as a destroyer. "

How much effort would you need to expend merely to support you and those you care about most, at minimum?

Clearly the body plan of Schizodactylus is not merely good, but optimal, at least for the environment the animal lives in.

It became apparent that Japanese promises of independence were merely a sham and that Ba Maw was just a puppet.

Instead of merely bouncing up and down, it turns out that breasts arc through a complicated figure-8 pattern when a woman runs or walks.

When Delilah merely shook her head, he looked at Clara Higgins expectantly, but she seemed at a loss as well.

Rather, being employed merely provides financial security that enables a woman to leave when all else fails.

But merely to cover up what is with a lovely set of words, calling it responsibility, duty, love - all that has no meaning.

Instead they merely need to signal that they have completed the current phase and are ready to start the next one.

The writer looks at all of life "under the sun" . He finds it meaningless and merely a repetition of all that has gone before.

Sometimes it has resulted merely from nuisance of trying to maintain an unusual name.

Basically, however, Hitler was merely trying to save face when he spoke of "recapture of a part of the territories now lost in the West" .

It does not cover all aspects of Cake, merely enough to enable beginners to understand terminology they may not be familiar with.

The bottom line of such an approach is not merely ignorance and skepticism, but the ultimate dehumanization of persons.

Some may see that as a daunting prospect, but the Arsenal striker looks upon it as merely a chance to catch up on all that he has missed.

Merely attending junior college was an enormous achievement for me, as none of my family had ever graduated from high school.

Though having worked here for merely two months, I, unfortunately, find that this job is quite different from my expectation.

Despite their rowdy reputation, it would be a bad idea to think of the Fianna as merely drunken sots who can spout stories.

Last night they merely recorded that this is still the view of the European Central Bank, but did not endorse it.

Economy is often cited as one of the factors that divide great runners from merely fast ones.

Today, however, I have come to realize that I did not merely fall into medicine -- I fell in love with the profession on my own accord.

Maybe such a premise would be good for a college thesis, but in execution here it merely feels tired and a bit contrived .

He did not hate the winter now, for he knew that it was merely the spring asleep, and that the flowers were resting.

In fact he did not get to the White House by merely being nice, but by being bold and often confronting awkward subjects head-on.

They are merely acting just like the rest of us, the way that is often good for us, by fitting in with others and following their lead.

This method of invoicing is followed merely for mutual convenience and is not to be deemed or construed as a sale of the Products.

One wrote: "Michael Jackson is now moonwalking in heaven. Rip. " , while others merely hoped the news turned out to be false.

There was no menace in her tone, no threat nor promise of danger; merely a relaxed, even concerned, conscience.

To see this merely as a means for greedy politicians to enrich themselves would be to underestimate its significance.

"By developing advanced weapons, China is making up for the years of neglect when China merely focused on economic development, " Song said.

He waited for Aberforth to jeer or to argue, but he did not. He merely scowled.

Note that we're not making any value judgements yet; we're merely trying to see what's there.

To check whether he wants to be with you merely because of sex, try to share with him everything and find out whether he is frank enough.

but I merely motioned for him to turn the latch. And Lestat, clutching his bathrobe to his throat, rose from the chair.

I shall consider him at a later stage, but for the moment he is merely to be borne in mind.

A pixel is merely a number reflecting how much light has hit a particular part of a sensor.

I have no doubt of his talent; he merely needs to develop the maturity to showcase it on bigger stages than at U21 and reserve levels.

Genes are not merely selfish, it appears. Instead, people seem to have deep instincts for fairness, empathy and attachment.

Now Obama merely wants Iraq to be the sort of place the U. S. can safely leave behind.

Sabat is not out of trouble; he did not receive a reprieve, merely a temporary stay of execution.

A pixel is merely a number reflecting how much light has hit a particular part of a sensor.

I have no doubt of his talent; he merely needs to develop the maturity to showcase it on bigger stages than at U21 and reserve levels.

Genes are not merely selfish, it appears. Instead, people seem to have deep instincts for fairness, empathy and attachment.

Now Obama merely wants Iraq to be the sort of place the U. S. can safely leave behind.

Sabat is not out of trouble; he did not receive a reprieve, merely a temporary stay of execution.

He had no definite plan. He merely wanted to get away from a life that had given him all it had to offer.

But a few hours later he changed course, saying that what was in the offing was merely "consideration" of the idea.

If I were to report that I see enemy ships indirectly, I should merely provoke the question what exactly I mean.

If I merely want money the present system is all right; it gives money in plenty to me.

I assumed Mika was like every other ambitious young artist, trying to move into video art merely because painting was so denigrated.

If I merely want money the present system is all right; it gives money in plenty to me.

I assumed Mika was like every other ambitious young artist, trying to move into video art merely because painting was so denigrated.

The size of the limit was irrelevant, I merely wanted another line of credit on my nascent credit report to help build it out.

China insists it merely wants alternative shipping routes for oil and other commodities, and it has no desire to project naval power.

You think you're merely sending this splendid foot soldier back home to Oregon with his tail between his legs.

Merely swatting him away is no longer an option as the U. S. , South Korea and United Nations demand that China rein in its ally.

Oh! he was merely going to ask her something, as he would have asked her about some cooking recipe.

It is not merely the fact that your boss is so keen on overtaking you, it's having to start the day seeing him in his Speedos.

If he merely puts his savings in a stocking, like the proverbial French peasant, it is obvious that they do not give employment.

The Idea itself is not to be taken as an idea of something or other, any more than the notion is to be taken as merely a specific notion.

If he merely puts his savings in a stocking, like the proverbial French peasant, it is obvious that they do not give employment.

The Idea itself is not to be taken as an idea of something or other, any more than the notion is to be taken as merely a specific notion.

And I would tell myself that the realm beyond the wall was not more lasting merely, but more lovely and radiant as well.

Or that, whether governments are corrupt and malign or merely negligent and incompetent, then sunlight is often the best disinfectant.

Qmail is often referred to as merely a mail server software package.

But he merely smiled, nodded and said, "Of course Ms. Greenleaf, " and then greeted me with a "Good morning Mrs. Woolf, " the next day.

What M has is merely a little part of my time on earth , a little understanding of my physical being . He has only , a little piece of me .

and though he belonged to one of the universities, he had merely kept the necessary terms, without forming at it any useful acquaintance .

Hollis always reacted smoothly to any threats, and merely said he noted Arthur's comment but that his decision stood.

the puzzle, there has merely been a tinge of rumor or scandal casting doubts on the masculinity of these heroes of cuisine.

Hollis always reacted smoothly to any threats, and merely said he noted Arthur's comment but that his decision stood.

the puzzle, there has merely been a tinge of rumor or scandal casting doubts on the masculinity of these heroes of cuisine.

Washington immediately suggested that this was merely a negotiating position, representing a continuation of existing policies.

What I had interpreted as a malicious attempt to embarrass a naive freshman had been merely a moment of college fun.

It is also possible that the attack was less specific, a case in which an intruder was testing the system merely to see what was available.

A hacker can get away with the most outrageous stupid plays merely because he is doing what everyone expects of him.

The attorney-general's ruling that there was no evidence of wrongdoing merely provided face-saving cover for his inevitable exit.

Maybe to some layman, as we always joked, we even do not know whether the liquid in eppendorf tube is merely water or not.

Moreover, it was not merely the father's telomere length that correlated with that of his offspring, but also his actual lifespan.

At last he tossed his head with an air intended to be merely satisfied, but which was triumphant, in reality.

But policy analysis is not really the point of his book, which is at its best when it is being merely descriptive, not prescriptive.

The Judgment is usually taken in a subjective sense as an operation and a form, occurring merely in self-conscious thought.

Welch is merely appearance will the company's management and the name of at least 1000, and you know he is responsible for what.

First, Blanchett's face is rendered with merely a few brushstrokes, just enough to let the reader know it's her.

It is merely on the question of procedure at the moment that we disagree.

Another netizen disagreed, saying this was a sort of creative industry and was merely a different type of start-up for the young.

Analysts say that the change would not be costly for automakers since it would merely require a change in lens color.

She acted well, but two or three of the old men were equally satisfied that it was merely acting.

In his report, Weston said that he said he saw Lincoln merely standing in the bathroom.

Please do not be irritated by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attract attention.

Merely classless was the boyfriend of a gal I'll call Chloe: He had her drive 40 miles to his house, then took her "out" to KFC.

The crossing of the Yellow River to many observers was just a flight, in accordance with Kuomintang propaganda, or merely a raid.

but a few months of marriage had shown this to be merely one of the many delusions created by perfect features and noble expression_r.

Promoters said the party was to merely celebrate Putin and not to ask him to run for president again.

As always, I was electrically aware of Edward sitting close enough to touch, as distant as if he were merely an invention of my imagination.

It merely describes what one would be like if it were to exist.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.

I scolded you as you were dressing for school because you gave your face merely a dab with a towel.

He had merely been a sailor from whim and a desire to spite his friends.

He read it through carefully several times, and then merely shook his head. It seemed as if his family troubles were just beginning.

With an election approaching, Mr Erdogan may merely be trying to keep the nationalist opposition out of parliament by wooing its voters.

Planets orbiting stars beyond the sun are labelled merely with the name of the star and a suffix letter.

The change in the policy rate does not mean much in practice: it merely reinforces the message that low rates are here to stay for a while.

It was merely a question of "good form, " the conceit of a superior breeding, the duty not to give oneself away.

I believe China has plenty of reasons to be such a host and what China can contribute to the Olympics is not merely a ticket design .

A solar sail vessel would merely enter the stream and hitch a ride, like a paper airplane drifting into the wind made by an electric fan.

Khrushchev: Yes. Preferably with something. . . painful. Prove to me that this is not merely another one of your tricks.

Such a stance has no place for truth that corresponds to reality, but merely an array of subjectively shaped truths.

Levchenko was no position to evaluate this claim, and he wondered if it were merely a bureaucratic boast.

others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

Are we merely pawning off our family obligations to machines, which may be unable to provide the emotional interaction humans seem to need?

If you merely dreamed you had found a secret way out of here, that would not let you walk through a solid stone wall, would it?

In a peaceful age I might have written ornate or merely descriptive books, and might have remained almost unaware of my political loyalties.

Either would have to decide whether merely to obstruct the president's Iraq policy, or to work with him to improve it.

An hotelier told me that the hotel occupancy rate merely increased one percent since the scheme started.

"This sort of greenwashing grandstanding adds nothing and merely highlights their grandiose ambitions. "

Please do not be irritated by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.

Even worse, future growth rates might be merely 1? per cent a year, not 2? per cent, as the Treasury bravely still believes.

I merely cemented my social status to that of a nobody for eternity.

He also presents evidence that Saddam "had not abandoned the strategy of WMD, merely made a tactical decision to put it into abeyance" .

The stillness of the valley began to oppress him, losing its piety, becoming merely a form of the valley's monotony.

Of that there is no proof, says Ed Shohat, a defence lawyer. They were merely offering friendly advice to Mr Antonini, he said.

one should learn the writing of poems merely as a way to record a meaningful moment, a personal mood, or to help the enjoyment of Nature.

But, for all the attractiveness of its workmanship, there was no longer any danger of my mistaking it for merely an empty box.

But there can be no freedom as long as you are merely trying to become somebody, or imitate a noble example.

She paused. Every one was mutely expectant of what was to follow, feeling that this was merely a prelude.

The second, that the weapon, in his torpid hand, was no defense at all, but would merely serve to justify his murder.

At which his mother merely pursed her lips under the lace veil that hung down from her grey velvet bonnet trimmed with frosted grapes.

In truth, I aspired to be a businessman. And not the type that merely sold things for the sake of money, but sold inspiration.

You could argue that to invoke Sputnik is merely to say that America needs to wake up and take remedial action.

The agreement at Copenhagen, the accord, did not achieve this and was merely "noted" by the UN.

"We were merely joking; drink to his health, " he added, filling Caderousse's glass, "and do not interfere with us. "

But some scientists wish to understand things merely for the joy of it.

In an environment of this complexity , point solutions merely exacerbate the problem , and will never lead us out of the woods .

While United are at least in profit once more, the figures merely emphasise what a drain on resources their debt position has become.

Too often, performance appraisal is seen merely as a once-a-year drill mandated by the personnel department.

Replacing a module merely requires linking it up to the in-line transport, connecting the cables and resuming production.

But first love is , in truth , merely just practice for what will later merge into reality - whether with your actual first love or not .

A1 Gore calls global warming an "inconvenient truth, " as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution.

To do a thing out of faith is nothing else but when out of persuasion of God's love to one, I do this thing, merely for His sake.

No, it is of great significance, but is not merely a only the word, and it is promoting Chinese filial piety the elder the fine tradition!

The situation in Europe did not, however, portend easy sailing for one who wished merely to fight for the right.

Were it not for the workers' distinctive Honda uniforms, the dispute might have been seen as merely a local affair.

He merely had a dream that he was sick, and in the dream he found a magic formula to make him well.

They may know all the safety statistics, and yet merely booking a reservation can trigger mental pictures of horrific plane crashes.

Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account, for in general, you know they visit no new comers.

No, insisted Mr Johnson: it had been under surveillance for months, and the timing was merely a coincidence.

The old man frowned with a smile, said, he merely took one cigarette a day.

Yet Austen is never merely a comfort blanket, for her novels make readers think as much as they allow them to escape into another world.

If it has any impact at all, it will merely make it harder to sell government bonds.

Axelrod said he is merely trying to change the subject.

Promising as all this sounds, much of it merely repeats earlier promises.

At first, this was merely for function: to keep out the cold weather of the world only beginning to emerge from the great ice age.

One of his demands, that the Palestinians must first recognise Israel as a Jewish state, seems intended merely to prevent talks restarting.

Or perhaps the starer had poor vision and was merely trying to get us in focus.

What he has done merely reinforced my dislike of him.

Together, these problems raise the possibility that the United States is not merely suffering through a normal, if severe, downturn.

Since the Democrats control Washington, DC, the only Republicans changing things (as opposed to merely blocking change) are in the states.

Focus on his person merely takes the limelight away from the serious issues on which he worked on.

This article merely scratched the surface by looking at the basic building block (the machine) and the basic workflow.

The significance of this point is not merely in revealing historical facts.

At least, therefore, I did not assume the character of needless precipitance merely to shew off before the ladies.

With scientific advances, maybe the birth of a human clone is merely a question of time.

God would not have made marital intimacy so intensely pleasurable if it were merely an optional ingredient in our marriage relationships.

The desirable features of that project were merely that it would have initiated a small "second front" .

He adds that it is merely the survivors trying to live off of the ruins of Port-au-Prince.

Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it.

Before Mr Obama became president, the consensus was that the ascendant Democrats would merely drag their feet on trade matters.

What, therefore, the wage-labourer appropriates by means of his labour, merely suffices to prolong and reproduce a bare existence.

To be or not to be to live intensely and richly, or merely to exist, that depends on ourselves.

Then as now, nations and empires did not restrain cities; they were merely filters for cities' global ambitions.

My son-in-law has bought a second car, but it's merely to keep up with the Joneses because his wife can't even drive.

Not merely relentless. That's not enough to make things go your way except in a few mostly uninteresting domains .

The early theory as to the nature of the common law was that the judges merely declared its existence, which lay in custom.

I saw her in corners, in spots with merely the faintest glimmer of light, poring over her books like a rat gnawing at something.

However, it would be hard to understand the essence of the Chinese martial arts merely from those beautiful movements in the movies.

Intrinsically , dollar bill is just a piece of paper , deposits merely book entries .

The Islamists did not merely miss the boat: they didn't even see it arrive.

these people have come many a mile on foot through the frost and the snow merely to see his celebrated Jordan.

Suddenly I realized it was the time of year for foals to drop, and the big males were merely protecting their mates and babies.

Still, so far some of these indicators have merely gotten back to their worst levels of recent recessions.

When it was a matter of merely hounding celebrities, the general response was apathy.

He merely added that he should not write again till he had something of importance to mention.

If it is merely an opposite then it is not different at all, because all opposites are mutually dependent, like hot and cold, high and low.

This demonstrates to your child that you are not merely their parent, but a an individual with your needs and interests.

But according to many scientists, the concept of race has no biological basis; it is merely a social construct.

This interesting transformation takes place in a single step by merely mixing the reactions at room temperature.

According to Kant, the fundamental right of a human being is to be treated as an end in oneself, not merely as a means.

The workers merely threw the stale buns into a vat, added water and flour, and repackaged them to be sold anew.

In Brezhnev's time there was no formal opposition to Soviet power - merely a handful of dissidents and intellectuals.

Some market participants argue such a default would be quickly "cured" and be therefore merely technical.

such a firm and upright figure! There is health, not merely in her bloom, but in her air, her head, her glance.

Back in the early days of China's "opening up" , Western brands had an in-built allure merely by dint of their "foreign-ness" .

nor merely in the sort of obscure disciplines in which, for two weeks every four years, millions are fleetingly interested.

We do not know whether this is part of an explicit government policy or merely a fad.

Merely it's with certain reason for this idea sounds a bit of strange.

Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it. (Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher )? ?

I'm merely stating what, in my opinion, the best would be in terms of the paranormal, instead of outright denying its existence.

Soames was alarmed. He had really been struck by the plans, and the concealment of his satisfaction had been merely instinctive.

It did not seem beautiful to us, merely flat with cathedral-sized silos and fields that stretched to the horizon.